Question

read this excerpt. the word \fantasizing\ most closely means
a leaving.
b missing.
c guessing.
d forgetting.
\what are you drawing?\ leon asked, sniffing.
i sighed. \mountains and a river.\
\thats not fantasy.\
\ive never seen mountains and ive never seen a river. so im fantasizing what theyd look like,\ i said.

Explanation:

The speaker has never seen mountains or a river and is creating mental images of what they might look like. "Fantasizing" here means forming imaginative ideas about something not experienced, which is similar to "guessing" in the context of creating mental pictures of the unknown.

Answer:

C. guessing